Responding to Global Warming: The Technology, Economics and Politics of Sustainable EnergyZed Books, 1994 - 304 pages With the Framework Convention on Climate Change, action to prevent possible global warming is on the agenda. But the obtacles appear daunting. Peter Read argues that the problem can be tackled, however, at a much more affordable cost than commonly realized, and in ways likely both to provide incentives to energy corporations and to improve the development prospects of many countries in the South. |
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... Pollution Due to Different Fuels ix xi xiii 137 7 9 14 25 25 27 33 38 42 59 59 62 69 74 77 82 84 91 Biomass Production and Disposal 93 ... Pollution Policy 132 140 The Unattainable Second Best 140 Practical Pollution Policy Instruments 143.
... Pollution Policy Instruments 143 The Nature of Carbon Dioxide Pollution : Gross and Net Emissions 149 Time , Opportunity Cost , Present Value , and the Discount Rate 154 Policy Over Time 159 System Effects in the Global Economy 162 7 ...
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Contents
Introduction 137 | 7 |
Tables | 24 |
The Fragile Climate System | 25 |
Political Decisions in an Uncertain World | 59 |
2 | 66 |
2a Regrets With Lowcost Emissions Reduction Technology | 75 |
Sustainable Fuel Technology | 82 |
4 | 111 |
National Interests | 194 |
The Road from Rio | 226 |
Measurement Issues | 237 |
Sustainability Questions | 249 |
A Smoother Road Ahead | 258 |
The New Zealand Case | 279 |
Per cent Tradeable Obligation Required in Order | 283 |
Reduction in Net Emissions Relative to 1990 Emissions | 289 |